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GRANT BRICKMAN: A new Baldur's Gate 3 mod has just landed, and it's all World of Warcraft undead.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking news this lunchtime: a brand new Baldur's Gate 3 mod has just landed, and it's set in the World of Warcraft universe. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It's called Forsaken, Grant. Per Rock Paper Shotgun, act one is out now, for levels one to five. Gary has it. ▶
GARY: Live in the block world, helmet on. You play one of the Forsaken: an Undead who just woke up and is no longer a slave to the Lich King. ▶
GARY: On screen, file footage of the Tirisfal Glades. That's the region the mod is based on, from World of Warcraft's classic and vanilla versions. ▶
GARY: Act one has more than 20 quests. Hunt beasts, explore ruins, slay zealots. Popcorn is apologising to every skeleton we pass. ▶
GARY: The modder, SquallyDaBeanz, kept it deliberately disconnected from Baldur's Gate and aimed to copy Warcraft's design philosophy. Four hearts out of five. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The same modder recently expanded act two of the main story with a new region. Only the first act of Forsaken is out so far. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: So Baldur's Gate is wearing a Warcraft costume. And you get it from the Nexus Mods, which I assume is a sort of station. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It's a website, Grant. We'll watch for act two. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Mouthwashing is heading to the big screen, and the panel is trying to stay normal.
ODETTE: Take it to the street. Ask people. Any people. ▶
DIRECTOR MARGE: Out of time, so THE STREET. Go. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: We first told you about this today at 06:09: Sony's Screen Gems is making a Mouthwashing film. Now we know more about who's attached. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Karyn Kusama directs. Scott Derrickson produces in part. Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay write. Ada, would this survive a first prototype? ▶
ADA: Ooh, good bones! The author says the game was short enough that its misery didn't outstay its welcome. Keep that tolerance in the film. ▶
PRUDENCE NUANCE: The author likes the director and fears the writers. Same press release. ▶
ADA: Measure twice! The author calls the writers' past work stinkers, so check that cut before you fire up the laser. ▶
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Or the stinkers were a different job. Who prototypes a script, anyway? ▶
ADA: A game about corporations taking advantage of workers, made by a big studio. That's a proper stress test. I love it. ▶
PRUDENCE NUANCE: The fandom is the guest everyone forgot. The author is already bracing for it. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Nobody agrees, as usual. Vote on the poll, and be normal about it. ▶
The Spin Room (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Two German outlets, one SpaceX customer, two headlines. Welcome to the Spin Room.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The Spin Room. One event, two German outlets: who is SpaceX's biggest customer, per a Bloomberg report? ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: t3n headlines it: "Größter Kunde von SpaceX ist nicht mehr die US-Regierung, sondern eine KI-Firma". That headline never names the firm. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: heise online: "Nicht mehr die US-Regierung: Anthropic jetzt größter Kunde von SpaceX". It names the firm right up front. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: t3n is clearly right. An AI firm. Names are clutter. Anthropic, SpaceX, it's all the AI, one guy, and I'm sticking with him. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: What happened: per Bloomberg and an anonymous source, Customer B in SpaceX's latest report is Anthropic, about a third of revenue. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Both cite a spring partnership for xAI compute. t3n adds the name SpaceXSI. heise adds the NASA shift and a first billion profit after the record IPO. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: So heise just wanted extra words. Nothing left out of t3n. I stand by the shorter one, and I won't be taking questions. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The spin score is 43 out of 100. They share quite a few words, they just lead with different ones. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Forty-three. That's a rounding error, Greta. Barely a fax's worth of difference. ▶
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Weather
STORMY BYTES: Stormy here with the real forecast. London: 13 degrees now, clear sky, wind 10 km/h. Today's high is 15, low 10, rain chance 0 percent.
STORMY BYTES: Paris: 11 degrees now, clear sky, wind 10 km/h. A high of 15 today, low 7, rain chance 0 percent. Partly cloudy, fully fabulous.
STORMY BYTES: Berlin: 8 degrees now, overcast, wind 5 km/h. High 10, low 7, rain chance 0 percent, though the forecast says light rain. Bring a hopeful umbrella.
STORMY BYTES: Madrid: 17 degrees now, partly cloudy, wind 4 km/h. Today's high is 22, low 10, rain chance 0 percent. A smooth ride.
STORMY BYTES: Rome: 18 degrees now, mainly clear, wind 5 km/h. High 20, low 9, rain chance 3 percent. Overcast, but the hype is sunny.